ACKERMAN, JAMES S.
Origins, Imitation, Conventions. Representations in the Visual Arts.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2002. 0262011867. 1st edition. These studies are based on articles and lectures written during the period following the publication of Ackerman's earlier collection, 'Distant Points'. "Reflects the poststructural critique of the presumption of progress that characterised Renaissance and modernist history and criticism..Examines the ways in which artists and writers on art have related to ancestors and to established modes of representation, as well as to contemporary experiences." 23.5cms x 18cms. Pp.xii/328, many black & white figure illustrations. Brown cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.
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